Glandorf, Liao and McCauley Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District

May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Three Yale Bulldogs -- Christine
Glandorf (Boston, Mass.) of the women's crew team, Alina Liao (Saratoga,
Calif.) of the gymnastics team and Ashley McCauley
(Rye, N.Y.) of the field hockey team -- were named second team
at-large ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Thursday. Yale
was the only school in the district with three honorees.

Glandorf, a senior who sits in the No. 1 seat in Yale's varsity
eight, helped the Bulldogs to an Eastern Sprints varsity eight
championship, an Ivy League title and the Willing Trophy for
overall supremacy at the EAWRC Sprints this past weekend. She will
make her fourth NCAA appearance at the end of this month, having
helped the Bulldogs' varsity eight to back-to-back national titles
as a sophomore and a junior. Yale, which began the season ranked
No. 1 in the country and is currently ranked No. 3, is 8-1 and has
lost only two dual races during Glandorf's time in the varsity
eight. She is a two-time CRCA Scholar Athlete.

Glandorf is a history major in Jonathan Edwards College. She
attended Boston Latin School.

Liao, the ECAC Gymnast of the Year and Yale's captain, won
all-around titles at the ECAC Championship, Ivy Classic and
Collegiate Nationals this year. She was also a four-time NCAA
Regionals qualifier. Liao was the Ivy Classic all-around champion
three times and also finished first on the beam at the Ivy Classic
this past year. She was an ECAC Scholar Athlete and Academic
All-Ivy League selection.

Liao, a senior, is a political science major in Timothy Dwight
College. She attended Saratoga High School.

McCauley was a second team NFHCA All-Mideast Region selection
and a unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection after totaling
14 goals and 31 points (third in the Ivy League in both categories)
in 17 games this past season. She is fifth on Yale's all-time lists
in goals (29) and points (67). McCauley was second in the NCAA in
goals per game (15 in 17 games) and sixth in points per game (35 in
17 games) in 2007. She led the Ivy League in goals that year and
was named Second Team All-Ivy. She has two of the top seven highest
single-season goal totals in Yale history and two of the top six
highest single-season point totals in Yale history. McCauley is a
three-time NFHCA National Academic Squad selection.

McCauley, a junior, is an American studies major in Ezra Stiles
College. She attended Rye High School.

Academic All-District voting is done by the members of College
Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). There are eight
districts throughout the country, with 11 first team and 11 second
team honorees in District I this year. Members of the first team in
each district are eligible for ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-America honors.

The at-large ESPN The Magazine All-America program includes up
to three candidates per school across 13 different women's NCAA
sports (bowling, crew, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice
hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis and water polo).